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bonnieblue

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  1. Hey now, some of us poor kids with single moms grow up to have jobs that are very important to society, like law....oh wait..., yeah, I think skilled manufacturers may be more useful.
  2. I think the really interesting part is when Brett and Lauren start to realize their lives are closer to S and C than Trump/Bloomberg as well: Are living paycheck to paycheck - it's a bigger paycheck and there may be some savings, but they also have bigger bills, the mortgage, student loans etc. If in a marriage, both parents are working Are having their children educated by a decaying and underfunded public system - or paying too much of that above paycheck to get them into a private school/ or higher mortgage for the better public Have little to no savings - they have some, but again, bigger bills Have little to no equity in their home - they might, if they were ever able to get a down payment together to buy that house Cannot afford to educate their children past high-school without crippling debt Would be wiped out by a job or health emergency - better able to handle the unexpected simple knee surgery, but one major care wreck could really tilt their world upside down The family breaking out of this caste often requires some generation to literally or metaphorically hit the lottery - better odds than the former, but the ability to afford their children's college and their children's access to traditional gate keeping institutions (the Ivys, certain prep schools, unpaid internships, connections, even acting/music etc.) is getting smaller
  3. I will 100% agree with you on that
  4. Daycare is just like housing and tuition costs. The costs have skyrocketed over the past few decades, while wages have not kept pace. There is only so much money in a paycheck to go around. The common response is "don't have kids you can't afford", which, yes, I agree. I literally don't care about kids, at all, but I recognize that they are a necessary evil for things like sustaining population growth, keeping us competitive with research, technology, creating new tax payers to maintain infrastructure etc. Having kids has become an unaffordable proposition for most of the population, but if everyone bowed out, then our country would collapse (see Japan). This is why I liked Liz. Her plan was to put the onus on the extremely wealthy for daycare (and not just the upper middle class types who also struggle with this). Our kids are the engines from which the wealthy derive their wealth. They should pay their fair share to educate and care for them.
  5. Assuming the world isn't gone by then, those kids will then grow up, get jobs, pay taxes, and start subsidizing your old, dying self. It's a cycle.
  6. I put in my stats, but it just responded with a gif of a guillotine
  7. I somehow have excellent day-after-concert radar and have run into/accidentally chatted up Annie Clark, Karen O, Carrie Brownstein, and Kim Gordon the day after they were in town to play various shows. They were all just as cool as expected. Also, we used to trick or treat at Dimebag Darrell's (RIP) house and he always had a great party going/music blasting, was super nice and gave out king-sized candy bars.
  8. Surprisingly great. Awesome soundtrack, great performances. I thought the rollout of Simon's top 5 was pretty funny.
  9. Same here. Very excited to see how the Super Tuesday results shake out one way or another.
  10. I let one of her TX campaign workers crash in my spare bedroom for a few days, which was a cool experience, but I'm ready to make calls as well. Do you know what the process is?
  11. This may not even be possible (I'm assuming with the various viability thresholds it would be), but what does the DNC do (other than likely shoot themselves in the dick) if one candidate goes out with the plurality of delegates but another has the popular vote?
  12. I'm not sure what the break down is, but it's likely that half of his NW could just be from his equity in these homes. He probably purchased at least 1-2 of them on the relative "cheap" prior to this real estate market rocket ship that we've been on.
  13. This is going on my pundit resume
  14. Holy shit Liz, light him on fire!
  15. I never realized how accurate Fred Armisen's impression of him was...
  16. Pretty good article. I've already mentally conceded her loss, but hope that she lights up Bloomberg's ass tonight on her way out.
  17. Leave immediately, it's terrible. But for some serious recs: Prince Lebanese Grill - legit great Gyro House Mariano's Zavala's BBQ in Grand Prairie - pretty legit Firehouse Gastro Park in Grand Prairie Limon's or Fito's or Los Jarros or La Banqueta for tacos etc. Cafemandu or Everest for Nepalese - Irving, but close to Arlington Ba Le or Pho Hung - for pho
  18. Anyone have a decent rundown on the dem candidates for the TX senate race? Is MJ the go-to here?
  19. I've definitely heard this from a former Gary from VEEP figure.
  20. From what I've heard from friends who've made the rounds in DC, she's the among the worst in the abuse (excluding any sexual harassment type stuff) department. Like notoriously above and beyond bad. I give women a lot more leeway in the department, but apparently she's bad even by those standards. Even so, I think she could do admirable (if uninspired) cleanup duty post-trump.
  21. Bloomberg majorly sucks in a myriad of ways and it would be so terrible to have to vote for him. However, some people aren't financially comfortable, straight white dudes and would be really harmed by another round of this bullshit (acknowledging that some harms will still accrue under a Bloomberg admin). So... maybe vote like you aren't a financially comfortable, straight white dude?
  22. I'd enthusiastically vote for all of them besides Bloomberg. If it's Bloomberg, I'd get very drunk and begrudgingly vote for him, while hoping that every person who picked him in the primary gets the clap or something.
  23. Also, some people aren't good fits for STEM or the trades, but may otherwise be smart or productive people. You can't just say, "well don't go to college", when even an assistant job often requires an undergrad degree these days. Yes, the wise choice would be to not take out too much debt for a "worthless" degree, but even if you are getting your tuition paid for by scholarships, you still have to tap the well to cover the ever-increasing cost of housing during those years. You can either scold people for their "poor" choices while the economy goes down in flames or you can accept that people are flawed (and often stupid) and try and do something to ameliorate it to make our country a little bit better for everyone.
  24. And I'm sure some theater majors make excellent [insert job of choice]. Outside of a few specific career paths with certain prerequisite knowledge needed at the undergraduate level, I think most companies would benefit from hiring employees from a diversity of educational backgrounds. Maybe the theater major brings some creativity to the strategy planning or the engineer brings some structure to the creative endeavor.
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